What are the potential problems resulting from uncontrolled high blood pressure?
Hypertension affects over 72 million people in the United States and is estimated to cause one in every eight deaths worldwide. Each increase in 20 mmHg in systolic blood pressure or 10 mmHg in diastolic blood pressure is associated with a two-fold increase in death rates from stroke, coronary heart disease and other vascular causes. It is a costly disease and yearly costs to treat hypertension in the United States are estimated to be $69.4 billion. Approximately 25 percent of people with hypertension cannot adequately control their hypertension with medications and lifestyle modifications. It is a disease that needs new treatment solutions.
